4th Person Charged In Clerk Killing

No More Arrests Expected, Police Say

April 14, 1994|By PATTI ROSENBERG Daily Press

JAMES CITY (COUNTY) — A 17-year-old girl has become the fourth person charged in the robbery and murder of a Lightfoot 7-Eleven clerk. The investigation will continue up to the trial, but this is expected to be the last arrest, said Capt. Ken Middlebrook of the James City County police.

The James City teen, whom police would not name because she is a juvenile, was charged with first-degree murder and robbery on Tuesday, Middlebrook said. The girl was arrested at a school, Middlebrook said, declining to identify the school or say whether the girl was a student at the school.

Middlebrook also would not say what role the girl is believed to have played in the crime. "She was a participant, and that's about it" in terms of the information police are releasing, Middlebrook said. "Through investigation, we were able to obtain enough evidence to bring charges."

Vicki Michelle Jones, 20, of the 9600 block of Barnetts Road in Charles City, was arrested on the same charges last week. Brothers Ricky Coles, 17, and Marcell Coles, 13, were charged with murder and robbery early April 2, within about an hour of the crime being reported to police.

Jones, who is Ricky Coles' girlfriend, drove the boys to the 7-Eleven in the 6600 block of Richmond Road and knew about the robbery plan, police said.

The Coles robbed Robert P. Morris, 57, of less than $10 cash and his car keys before shooting him in the head and fleeing in his Ford Explorer, according to police.

They were arrested at home on Wilcox Neck Road in Charles City after the Ford Explorer was spotted parked nearby.